Improvement in stove-pipe for becks of vessels



JOHN HALL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 89,403, dated April 2;?, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part: of the name.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HALL, of Boston, in the county of Su`olk,vand State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Deck Stove-Pipe for vVessels; and I do hereby-declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a sectional elevation of my irnproved deck stove-pipe.

Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new device for making the stove-pipes on the decks of vessels flexible, to prevent their being injured when struck by` swinging booms, yards, or other devices.

When they are rigidly attached, as heretofore, it

'often or generally happens that, especially on cabins,

galleys, and forecastles, they are bent, broken, or 0therwise injured, by booms or yards, or that the decks, frornwhich they'project, become leaky by the strain brought to bear on them.

My invention consists in the application of springs a a, which connect a piece of pipe, B, that is securely fastened to the deck cf a cabin, galley, or other part of theship, with thc'upper part of the stove-pipe C,

01 with a short pip e, to which the said upper pipe isV secured.

The fixed pipe B has a flange b, by which it can be secured to the deck, and the flange may have a rim, c, to keep the pipe O in place.

W'hen the upper projecting pipe is struck by a boom, or otherwise, it will be allowed to tip, and when the strain is over, it will, by the springs a, be drawn back to the proper position.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure' by Letters Patent- A deck stove-pipe for ships, when made flexible, by being connected by springs a, with a fixed supporting-pipe, B, substantially as herein shown -and described.

, JOHN HALL. Witnesses: i

JNO. WELrcH,

D. HOWARD BILLS. 

